Originally Posted by
radtad
Let's see if I can give you an example:
I have a name "Chris" I'm trying to find because that's what he told me his name is. But his first name is actually "John" and his middle name is "Chris". So the display field would normally be {First Name} {Middle Name} {Last Name} i.e. "John Chris Doe". With no mid-word pattern matching available, if I didn't know Chris' real name was John, I'd never get his name as a return match.
A big use case for our company comes down to email addresses. Currently I have "Tad Johnston (rad)" as the display field, "rad" being the email address. A lot of people here often times do not know the person's actual name, but they always know their email address because it's something they see often. Now, if I don't have mid-word pattern matching I can never find "rad".
Another suggestion which would be even better would be matching on more then just the displayField, possibly in the store. Then I wouldn't have to worry about mid word pattern matching whatsoever.
Hope this makes sense....